SAGINAW, MI — Prosecutors have dropped felony assault charges against a Kuwaiti couple and their son after the alleged victim, the son's soon-to-be-ex-wife, stopped cooperating with authorities.

About two weeks before the trial for Jasveet S. Oberoi, Harinder S. Oberoi, and Jasvinder K. Oberoi was to begin, prosecutors on Oct. 29 dropped charges of assault with intent to commit great bodily harm and conspiring to commit that crime.

Court records show that the charges were dropped in the “best interest of justice.” Saginaw County Assistant Prosecutor Norm Donker on Thursday, Nov. 8, said that the alleged victim, who was Jasveet Oberoi's wife and since has filed for the divorce that began the argument and alleged assault, is “no longer cooperative” with police and prosecutors.

The woman has moved to the metro Detroit area, Donker said. Court records show that the woman and Jasveet Oberoi's divorce case is scheduled for a Jan. 31 trial, but their most recent trial date last month was postponed because the attorneys had a “possible settlement.”

The Oberois were charged in connection with an April 4 incident at Jasveet Oberoi's home at 5814 Crowberry off Lawndale north of McCarty in Saginaw Township in which the woman suffered a deep gash, approximately three inches long, on her forearm.

Jasveet Oberoi's wife testified at the trio's June 5 preliminary hearing that her husband spoke with her about filing for divorce and told her to follow their culture's customs by being the one to file for the divorce. She refused and left the home, she said.

Jasvinder K. Oberoi

Harinder S. Oberoi

After she returned, an argument that also included the parents began. Soon, the four were in the master bedroom's walk-in closet, where the parents grabbed her arms and her husband stood in front of her, she said.

She testified that she looked to the right and then felt something on her forearm. Her arm soon began “burning,” and it went numb, she said. After speaking with his parents, including a conversation about how “it wasn't supposed to go that far,” Jasveet returned and told his wife that they would solve their issues and that she would get everything she wanted, but that she could not speak about the incident, she testified.

She tried to fall asleep, but eventually decided to sneak out of the house, she testified. After attempting to call two family friends, she called 911 and eventually was transported to a hospital, she testified.

If convicted, the Oberois faced a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.